Engineering:Aero A.200
| Aero A.200 | |
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| Role | Sportsplane |
| Manufacturer | Aero Vodochody |
| First flight | 1934 |
| Primary user | Czechoslovakia |
| Produced | 1934 |
| Number built | 2 |
The Aero A.200 was a sportsplane of Czechoslovakia, designed and built specifically to compete in Challenge 1934, the European touring plane championships. It was a four-seater low-wing monoplane.
Operational service
Flown in competition by Ján Ambruš, the A.200 took fourth place, beaten by the RWD-9 (that took both first and second places for Poland ) and the Fieseler Fi 97 (from Germany ). The other A.200, flown by Vojtěch Žaček, took the 14th place for 34 competitors. They carried registrations OK-AMA and OK-AMB.
In a technical evaluation, A.200s scored the 4th result from among aircraft types taking part in the Challenge. They had the best short take-off capabilities in the contest – A.200s needed 74.5-77.6 m to take off and fly over 8-m high gate, although they needed some 118 m to land from above the gate.
Description
Mixed construction low-wing monoplane, braced with wire. Fuselage of a steel frame, covered with wood and canvas, elliptical in cross-section. Rectangular wings of wooden construction, canvas covered, fitted with all-span slats and with flaps. Wings were folding rearwards. Cab had two seats side by side in front, with twin controls, and two seats in the rear, under a common multi-part canopy. Fixed landing gear with a rear skid. Radial engine in fuselage nose, with NACA cowling. Two-blade propeller.
Specifications (A.200)
General characteristics
- Crew: 1 or 2
- Capacity: 2 or 3 passengers
- Length: 7.80 m (25 ft 7 in)
- Wingspan: 11.10 m (36 ft 5 in)
- Height: 2.55 m (8 ft 4 in)
- Wing area: 16.6 m2 (179 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 560 kg (1,235 lb)
- Gross weight: 950 kg (2,094 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Walter Bora 9-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 160 kW (220 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 255 km/h (158 mph, 138 kn)
- Cruise speed: 220 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn)
- Stall speed: 55 km/h (34 mph, 30 kn)
- Range: 800 km (500 mi, 430 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 6,300 m (20,700 ft)
- Wing loading: 57.2 kg/m2 (11.7 lb/sq ft)
- Power/mass: 0.17 kW/kg (0.11 hp/lb)
See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
References
- Marian Krzyżan: "Międzynarodowe turnieje lotnicze 1929-1934", Warsaw 1988, ISBN:83-206-0637-3 (Polish language)
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